diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.egg-info
+*.pyc
+*.swp
+.cache
+.coverage*
+.pytest_cache
+.tox
+__pycache__
+build/
+dist/
+pip-wheel-metadata/
diff --git a/novel_stats/__init__.py b/novel_stats/__init__.py
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